Federation of Aroeven

What Federation of Aroeven does

The Fédération des Aroéven (legally Fédération des Œuvres Éducatives et de Vacances de l'Éducation Nationale) is a French non-profit association (loi 1901) recognized as being of public utility, founded in 1955 and headquartered at 67 rue Vergniaud, Paris. It coordinates a national federation of approximately 70 regional associations delivering youth education, training, and vacation services across France, with a stated mission to act collectively for emancipatory education and a solidarity-based society. The service portfolio comprises BAFA/BAFD certification training for youth animators and directors (habilitated for over 40 years), vacation camps (séjours de vacances) for children aged 4-17 with destinations including Corsica, the Pyrenees, Brittany, and other French regions, school discovery trips (classes de découvertes), and educational interventions in schools covering bullying prevention, citizenship, psychosocial skills, empathy, conflict management, and digital citizenship. Pedagogical publications (Talents Éducatifs, outils pédagogiques, ressources éducatives) and digital products including the "La santé mentale, tu connais?" mental health awareness app extend the offering.

The federation's technology footprint is operational rather than product-centric: a centralized national website (aroeven.fr) and approximately 15+ regional association websites support online registration and payment following a network-wide refit completed in February 2025. No AI, ML, or proprietary technology platforms are described in the source material. Revenue is generated through unit pricing on vacation stays (€489 to €1,315 per child depending on destination, duration, and departure city), per-course BAFA/BAFD training fees, professional-services pricing for school trips and in-school interventions, and recurring membership fees, with access supported through financial assistance mechanisms including CAF aids, Pass Colo (up to €350 reduction), AVE (70% coverage up to €50/day), and regional subsidies. Distribution operates direct-to-consumer via the federation and regional websites, supplemented by event presence at Salon des Maires, Educatech, and Salon de l'Étudiant, and co-organized national webinars with institutional partners.

The national coordinating federation team is small (9 staff including the Délégué général Rodrigue Carbonnell, education coordinators Simon Romano and Astrid Simonin, communications, payroll, and accounting functions), with broader headcount of 51-100 staff across the network. The federation is independent, non-profit, and not venture-backed, funded primarily through training fees, vacation program revenues, and membership dues, and is governed as a decentralized federation with each regional association operating autonomously under shared values and educational mission.

Name

Federation of Aroeven

Legal name

Fédération des Œuvres Éducatives et de Vacances de l'Éducation Nationale

Website

https://aroeven.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1955

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Fédération des Aroéven is a French non-profit federation coordinating approximately 70 regional associations that deliver BAFA/BAFD training, vacation camps, school trips, and educational interventions for children, families, schools, and aspiring youth animators across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Education Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (81399), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAMALAK

Leadership, Debate & Model UN Camps

Education/Supplemental & Enrichment Programs (Arts, STEM, Language)/Summer & Holiday Enrichment Camps (Multi-Activity, Academic)

Keywords

• Youth education services
• Vacation camps
• BAFA certification training
• School trip programs
• Non-formal education

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Vacation Stay Fees: Revenue from organizing and operating vacation camps and holiday stays for children and teenagers (ages 4-17), including accommodation, activities, meals, and transport. Families pay per-child rates ranging from approximately €489 to €1,315 depending on duration, destination, and departure city.
2. BAFA/BAFD Training Courses: Revenue from organizing and delivering comprehensive training courses for the Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Animateur (BAFA) and Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions de Directeur (BAFD) certifications. The federation has been habilitated for over 40 years to deliver these national training programs.
3. School Trip Services: Revenue from organizing class discovery trips (classes de découvertes) and school excursions, providing pedagogical support, accommodation, and logistical coordination for educational travel.
4. Educational Intervention Services: Revenue from delivering educational interventions in schools covering topics such as bullying prevention, citizenship education, psychosocial skills, empathy education, and conflict management.
5. Membership Fees: Revenue from association membership fees when families register for stays or training courses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fédération des Aroéven is a French non-profit federation of youth and popular education associations that organizes and delivers vacation camps for children and teenagers (ages 4-17), BAFA and BAFD certification training for youth animators and directors, class discovery trips for schools, and educational interventions covering topics such as anti-bullying, citizenship, and psychosocial skills. The federation coordinates a nationwide network of approximately 70 regional associations across France and is recognized as being of public benefit (reconnue d'utilité publique).

Product overview

The Fédération des Aroéven is a federation of youth and popular education associations offering a coordinated portfolio of services centered on non-formal education for children, young people, and adults. The core offerings include: (1) BAFA/BAFD training programs for animator and director certification in youth leisure centers; (2) Vacation camps (séjours de vacances) for ages 4-17 with destinations across France including Corsica, Pyrenees, and Brittany; (3) School trips (séjours scolaires) aligned with national curriculum; (4) Education-formation interventions in schools covering citizenship, well-being, and skills development; and (5) Publications including pedagogical tools, educational resources, and Talents Educatifs journals. Regional associations operate under the federation umbrella, each offering local programs while sharing the unified educational project.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BAFA Formation (Brevet d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Animateur)

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 130 young people trained in BAFA/BAFD during a single winter vacation period in Brittany alone
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Class'CodecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026The Fédération des Aroéven joined Class'Code to accompany the development of AI competencies in education. Objectives include better understanding AI impacts on educational practices, evolving training programs, and supporting teams facing digital transformations. This addresses the digital divide as a major educational, civic, and social challenge.
• Fédération nationale Familles RuralescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-organized a national webinar cycle on prevention of sexual violence and sex-based violence in ACM (Accueils Collectifs de Mineurs) and youth mental health. Both federations mobilized national experts, ministry officials, and institutional actors for these training and awareness events targeting animation teams, BAFA-BAFD trainers, and youth association professionals.
• UNOSELminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partnership for the development of the 'La santé mentale, tu connais?' (Mental health app) application in partnership with Fédération des Aroéven, Fédération nationale Familles Rurales, and les Céméa. The app is designed to educate young people about mental health.
• 1001 Territoires Pour la FraternitécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The federation joined 1001 Territoires Pour la Fraternité, a national movement bringing together nearly 40 associative and union organizations. The movement aims to support, federate, and make visible local citizen initiatives defending republican values of fraternity, solidarity, openness to others, and the world. Aroéven Bretagne committed to coordinating the movement in Ille-et-Vilaine from January 2026.
• Jeunesse au Plein AircoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe federation is a member of the Jeunesse au Plein Air (JPA) network comprising 70 associations. JPA advocates for vacation access for all children and organizes the annual petition campaign 'Ne fermons pas la porte à nos enfants pour partir en vacances!' (Don't close the door to our children going on vacation!). The federation contributed proposals to the Convention citoyenne sur les temps de l'enfance report adopted by the CESE.
• Cnajep (Comité pour les relations nationales et internationales des associations de jeunesse et d'éducation populaire)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerActive member contributing to youth policy discussions and advocacy at national level.
• Comité de filière AnimationcoreOthersActive participation in the Animation Sector Committee contributing to industry standards and policy development for youth animation professionals.
• COJ (Comité d'Orientation des politiques de la Jeunesse)coreOthersThe federation is represented at the COJ where Simon Romano participated in the plenary session where the Minister of Sports, Youth and Associative Life presented government priorities and youth-related interministerial work.
• ESPER (Economie Sociale Solidaire)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in the Semaine de l'Économie Sociale et Solidaire (Social and Solidarity Economy Week), contributing to educational initiatives promoting ESS values in schools.
• DGESCO (Direction générale de l'enseignement scolaire)coreOthersCorinne Nonnin, director of Aroéven Rouen-Normandie, represented the federation at the DGESCO committee preselecting entries for the Prix Non au Harcèlement (Anti-Bullying Award) in the Inclusion category, part of a national school bullying prevention initiative.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ligue de l'Enseignement: France's largest federation of popular education associations offering vacation colonies, BAFA training, school interventions, and civic education — almost mirror-image portfolio to Aroéven with overlapping national federation structure.
• JPA (Jeunesse au Plein Air): Federation of 70 associations advocating for children's vacation access — named partner in Aroéven's data and a near-identical federation structure (also ~70 associations), making it a structural peer.
• UNOSEL: Federation of educational travel and stay organizations of which Aroéven is a member; comparable positioning as an industry body representing vacation schools (séjours de vacances) operators.
• OCCE (Office Central de la Coopération à l'École): Federation working inside French schools on cooperative education, citizenship, and student well-being — overlapping scope with Aroéven's education-formation interventions in schools.
• Familles Rurales: Federation of rural families running youth education and family programs; explicit co-development partner with Aroéven on national webinars and the UNOSEL mental-health app — close operational peer in non-formal education.
• Vacances Pour Tous (ex-VVF / CCNTE): Major French non-profit operator of family vacation stays and children's colonies — directly competing with Aroéven's vacation stay product across French destinations.
• UFCV (Union Française des Centres de Vacances et de loisirs): Federation operating vacation centers (centres de vacances) and BAFA training across France — direct overlap in both the camps business and the youth animation training pipeline.
• UCPA (Union nationale des Centres sportifs de Plein Air): Leading French operator of vacation stays and sports-based youth camps with similar multi-activity offerings (mountain, water, Corsica-style destinations) and nationwide geographic reach.
• CEMEA (Centres d'Entraînement aux Méthodes d'Éducation Active): Major French federation delivering BAFA/BAFD training and educational interventions, explicitly named as a co-development partner of Aroéven on the UNOSEL 'La santé mentale, tu connais?' app — same training and youth education mandate.
• Scouts et Guides de France: France's largest youth scouting movement running organized camps and educational programs for children and adolescents; comparable non-formal education and vacation camp offering with national federation structure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/FoevenAroeven
• Facebookfacebook.com/LesAroeven
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lesaroeven
• Instagraminstagram.com/fdesaroeven
• Xx.com/LesAroeven

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

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